314 BRUNIACEZ (Sond.) [Brunia. 
bicarinate above, convex beneath, puberulous or subglabrous, imbricate ; 
heads of flowers globose, size of a large nut. Br. globosa, LE. § Z./ No. 
1063. B. superba, plant. Krauss. / 
Has. Mountain sides, Baviaansberg, near Gnadenthal and Zwarteberg, Pappe, 
E.§ Z.! Klynriviersberge, Zey./ 2640, Ataquaskloof, Nieuweskloof, and Ylandskloof, 
Drege, 6854, a, b, Aug.-April. (Herb. Th. Hm. Vind. D. Sd.) | 
_ Very like the preceding, but differing by the greyish colour, more incurved,-round- 
backed, not keeled leaves, and larger heads. Leaves 2-1 line long. Heads of flowers 
tomentose ; bracteze with a black mucro ; bracteoles, as the calyx, white-villous on 
the outside. Petals oblong-spathulate, narrowed into a claw, little longer than the 
ealyx, glabrous, 1 or 2 of the filaments longer. Ovary very villous. Fruit indehiscent. 
3. B. macrocephala (Willd.! 1. ¢. p. 132, t. 6, f 1); leaves linear- 
lanceolate, crowded, bicarinate above, convex beneath, hairy, villous-cili- 
ate ; heads of flowers globose, very large. Spreng. syst. 1, p. 782. 
Has. Cape, Herb. Willd. Inferior regions, Niven in Herb. Sond. 
Two feet or more high, with the aspect of a Phylica, more robust than the pre- 
ceding. Branches erect, verticillate, as well as the branchlets, pubescent. Leaves 
4-5 lines long, 4 line wide, with involute margins and ustulate at the apex. Flowers 
unknown. 
Sect. II. Beckea. Calyx generally with scarious, smooth segments. Petals ovate, 
inclosing the stamens. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 1- or 2-seeded. Fruit crowned by the 
calyx. Petals and stamens mostly caducous. (sp. 4-10). 
4. B. pinifolia (Brogn. 1. c. p. 19, t. 1, £. 2); branches quite glabrous; 
leaves erectly-spreading or recurved, sessile, linear, obtuse, 1-nerved, 
quite smooth, coriaceous, flat ; panicle terminal, composed of simple, 
linear racemes. Phylica pinifolia, L. fil. suppl. p. 153. Thunb. fl. cap. 
p. 202, DC. Prod. 2, p. 73. 
Van. a. flowers approximate, as long as the bracteze ; panicle composed of dense 
racemes. B. pinifolia, Brogn. Beckea thyrsophora, EB. § Z.! No. 1069. 
Var. 8. flowers somewhat distant, shorter than the bractee; panicle composed 
of lax racemes. Beckea Africana, Burm, Prod. 12, E. § Z.! No. 1068. Brunia pini- 
folia and Linconia tamariscina, E. Meyer. 
- Has. Mountains, Olifantsrivier, Clanwilliam, Thunb., E. & Z./ Niven ; var. B. 
— ee, E. § Z, ; Dutoitskloof and Ezelsbank, 3-4000f., Drege. (Herb. 
Small, erect shrub, branches fastigiate, filiform. ‘Leaves ustulate at the apex, 
6-8 lines long, }-1 line wide. Racemes about 6 lines long. Inferior bractea folia- 
ceous. Flowers whitish, not a line long. Calyx obtuse. Petals obovate. Fruit 
phrase cm teh @ spongeous placenta filling the cavity of the smaller sterile 
5. B. cordata (Sond.); branches virgate, villous ; leaves imbricate, 
ovate-subcordate, acute or bluntish, pubescent on both sides ; panicle ter- 
minal, composed of oblong racemes ; calyx obtuse, glabrous ; fruit rugu- 
lose-papillate. Beckea cordata, Burm. Prod. p. 12, E. & Z.! No. 1072. 
Phylica imbricata, Thunb, ! fl. Cap. p. 202. B. racemosa, Brogn. l. ¢. p. 
18. excl. syn. Linn. et Th. 
Has. Mountains, Hottentottsholland near Grietjesgat, E. 4 Z./ Dutoitskloof, 
1-4000f., Drege! Oct,—Jan. (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) ‘ ; : 
2-3 feet high, branches spreading, brown-purplish, the upper filiform. Leaves 
§-nerved, ovate, short, acuminate, villous-ciliate, inferior 6-8 lines long, 4 lines wide, 
superior twice smaller. Racemes 4-6 lines long or shorter ; icle leafy, dense or 
lax, Flowers about } line long, Mi Agee gms than os teilecton, foliaceous, _ 
concave and ustulate bractea. Fruit , crowned with the whitish calyx. 
